I would strongly discourage something with that high of a magnification.

For my varminter I bought a Bushnell Elite 4200 6-24x40. I am not sure if I ever dialed it up past 16x or so. High magnification does not mean that you will actually see better. Minor tremors, mirage, minimal depth of field all wreak havoc on picture quality.

I have both the 6-24 and 8-32 Elite 4200. Both are great. If you are from Canada the best price I have seen is $499 for the 6-24 at LeBaron's. For that price you actually get the mil-dot, which I would reccommend. Usually the mil-dot is more, but not at LeBaron. The 8-32 is around $90 more there, $585 I believe. I would just go with the 6-24 mil-dot. Great scopes for the money. The 8-32 may be slightly darker on 32x, but not much at all. It is up to you, but I would save the money and go with the 6-24. Best bang for the optics buck that I have personally used. Weaver is good, but not as clear in the upper magnifications.

Oh yes...about the rings...you will need a medium height ring...the Elite is a 40mm objective....check and see what your Balvar is...if it is 40mm then you are in business. If it is a 32mm and there is not much room between the scope bell and the barrel as it is, then you will likely need higher rings. But .75in. is quite a bit even if it is a 32mm. You will likely get away with the rings you have.

The 6-24 has both Mulit-x and mil-dot. Mil-dot helps when the distance can vary for the desired target (like varmint hunting). Takes the guess work out of hold over for distances greater then the scope is sited for. Site for 100 yards at cross hair, then dot below is 200 yards, next dot below that is 300 yards, etc. They are nice to have. Also, in a strong cross-wind the you can use the horizontal dots to compensate for the wind. It is a tool for those who take time to study them.

Get the 6-24 or the 8-32. Either is great. Both have adjustable power, so if you like 24x better great, but if on occasion you want 32x, then you have it. Gives you more options.

Note: As you can read below, mil-dots will certianly not always work out to each dot being 100 yards. It has to do with magnigfication, dot size, velocicity, BC, wind, distance, etc., to name a few variables. The point is it is a tool for those who want to take time with their gun. Ask the military. As far as magnification goes...there are a whole multitude of Field Target shooter who use 30x plus magnification for distances from 10-55 yards while shooting adult air guns. What magnification is proper is a personal decision. These are not fixed power scopes we are taking about. LeBaron has the 6-24 mil-dot listed at the cheapest price, the 6-24 multi-x next, then the 8-32 multi-x being the most expensive. Good choice on the 4200 line, and get the magnification you want. The scopes will look the same with the 8-32x being around 1.50in. longer.

I've got the Mil-Dot version, but they are not quite that straightforward to use.

Spacing between the dots is 3.6" at 100 yards at a 12x magnification (if memory serves me right). At different magnification the spacing is different and it is unlikely to correspond to the trajectory of your cartridge exactly. In order to use the Mil-Dots for holdover you have to spend some time figuring out exactly which dot correspond to which distance and at which magnification. If all you need to do is shoot out to 300yards with 6mm Remington, the reticle makes no difference whatsoever. You can just sight in 1.5"-2" high at 100 yards and not need any significant holdover out to 300 yards even on targets as small as varmints. Basically, you can get whichever version you can find at a better price.

As for 32x, I can't think of any situation outside of benchrest shooting where you may need 32x.

JaJoa, I do not think the jargon is really summarized anywhere,
although you can pick up a lot by browsing and asking questions on this
website. From CJN1's post above it appears that at your nearby
store 6-24x40 with MilDot is the cheapest, so go with that one.
You'll be amazed with how far optics have come since you bought your
scope. Do not worry about any extra dots or whanot in the reticle
until you get a bit more comfortable with the scope. Just use the
center crosshair for aiming the way you do with your curent
scope. A good test for you would be to set your old scope and
your new scope to the same magnification and see how much clearer the
new scope is.

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